I was able to sneak in just enough sewing time this weekend to complete these four pairs of shorts for the Hopeful Threads July Boys’ Shorts Sewing project, plus one more pair for Charlie. I am donating four pairs of shorts sewn from my Mud Puddle Splashers pattern in honor of our four boys. The…
Category: Charity
Little Boys Shorts at Hopeful Threads and The Free Mud Puddle Splashers PDF Pattern
If you’ve hung around here for very long, you already know how much I love Kristy and the work that is done through her charity blog, Hopeful Threads. I was so excited a few months ago when she mentioned her plan to ask all of you to sew little boys’ shorts for the families who…
Have you sewn a dress yet?
Have you sewn a dress for Dress a Girl with Hopeful Threads yet? You still have 5 1/2 days to add a dress to the over 100 already sewn and donated! Kristy has set a goal of 200 dresses total, and I know she’s going to far surpass that! I took one hour out of…
Hopeful Threads: Giving Back & a Giveaway
Have you heard about the wonderful things happening over at Hopeful Threads? Kristy has such a heart for people in need, especially children, and she is doing a fabulous job of encouraging those of us who love sewing and are blessed with much to take a few minutes each month to give back. On the…
Watered with Love: A Layette for Create Hope Designs
Have you been over to the Create Hope Designs Store yet? The Create Hope designers have created a selection of lovely pdf sewing patterns that are available for only $5 each. All of the profits made go directly to China Little Flower Orphanage to assist in the wonderful things that they do day in and…
Create HOPE Designs
Have you heard about Create H.O.P.E. Designs? The wonderful designers over at Izzy & Ivy are organizing sewists, bloggers, shop owners and designers in an effort to help bring love and comfort to little ones in need on the other side of the world. Four times a year Izzy & Ivy will release a pattern…
Project First Day
Susan Stewart of Susan Stewart Designs has organized an effort to provide handmade clothing for the children of Joplin, Missouri in time for their first day of school this fall. Susan lives near Joplin and wrote in her newsletter last month, “Thousands of people have lost everything. The summer will pass and the Red Cross…
Sew Mama Sew Giveaway #2
Handmade with love, each of the items sold at Sewing Hope for Asia’s new Etsy store represents the hope of new life for women in South Asia. One hundred percent of the proceeds from each purchase goes directly to the Asian mission field to provide women with sewing machines of their own, so they can…
Happy 40th Birthday to Me . . . to Me . . .
40 pillowcases, sewn up over 40 days, are all finished in time to celebrate my 40th birthday! Thanks so much for cheering me on and joining in to sew with me! (In case you missed my 40 Day Challenge, you can read about it here.) I have a wonderful day planned today spent with friends…
Pillowcases 36, 37, 38, 39 & 40!
With no time to spare, here are pillowcases #36 and #37: Pirate Bears & Sea Turtles . . . . . . #38 and #39: Buggies & Froggies . . . . . . and last, but certainly not least, #40: Apples & Pears! This project was such a blessing to me, and I honestly…